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I’m off work right now as I’ve accrued too much leave and I needed to
use it or lose it by Friday. Just using the time to rest really. I took
another day of rest do let my hip flexors calm down some more. I went
for a walk which I haven’t been able to do with the new training split
as of late but it seemed to help my hips. Going into the contrast
training, I was planning on doing vertical jumps again but I thought of
another setup for box jumps and put that into action. Aerobic steps and
bumper plates were used. It certainly felt sturdier but still looks
wobbly on video. For warm-ups this time, I did jumps from to a lower box
and added height. I needed to regain confidence. After that first one
at the working height, I was mostly golden. Always some hesitation
diving into that first rep. Hatfield’s felt great. Almost the speed I’d
like here. Form felt spot on and it moved with ease. Moved on to the
second batch. Nothing of note with the jumps. Deadlifts were tough. I
did just singles to warm-up. Trying something different to see if it
works better. Every working set of deadlift felt heavy. Way heavier than
it should have felt. It might be in my head but I felt like these were
grinding reps almost. I just have to know that this will pay off. Lying
leg curl cluster sets were up. Fairly big jump in weight and somehow I
managed to improve the number of sets in the time limit. I threw up in
my mouth a little about halfway through. Granted the last one was done
as the timer was beeping. On abs, I had to use a different tower and it
didn’t have the crossbar I usually use to brace myself to get the weight
into position. I fixed this by turning to face the tower as opposed to
facing away. It might have made it easier but I definitely felt a unique
pull in my upper abs. Home to stretch and eat.

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I’m a little taller than 6′7″ and I really like to lift weights. I’m a
competitor in amature strongman contests. Right now, I'm training for the Beast of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY on April 28, 2018. My hope is to become a competitive
professional strongman. I’m not a major competitor yet and I have a long way to go but I’m having fun.